N.Y. Social Services Law Section 372-E
Adoption applications

  • appeals

1.

An authorized agency shall keep a record of applications received from persons seeking to become adoptive parents, including all actions taken on such applications.

2.

The department shall promulgate regulations setting forth standards and procedures to be followed by authorized agencies in evaluating persons who have applied to such agencies for the adoption of a child. Such regulations shall also restrict the evaluation process so as not to unnecessarily duplicate previous investigations which may have been made of the adoptive applicant in the context of a prior adoption application or an application for licensure or certification to board children.

3.

(a) Upon an authorized agency’s denial of an application, the authorized agency shall furnish the applicant with a written statement setting forth its reason for the denial of the application. Such written statement shall include a notice to the applicant, in bold face type, of such applicant’s right to request and be granted a hearing in accordance with the provisions of subdivision four of this section.

(b)

Upon an authorized agency’s failure to act on an application within six months of its submission, the authorized agency shall, on such applicant’s request, furnish the applicant with a written statement setting forth its reason for its failure to act on the application. Such written statement shall include a notice to the applicant, in bold face type, of such applicant’s right to request and be granted a hearing in accordance with the provisions of subdivision four of this section.

4.

Any person whose application has been denied or whose application has not been acted upon by an authorized agency within six months of its submission may request and shall be granted a hearing in accordance with the provisions of § 22 (Appeals and fair hearings)section twenty-two of this chapter relating to fair hearings.

Source: Section 372-E — Adoption applications; appeals, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/SOS/372-E (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 27, 2024).

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Definitions Unless the context or the subject matter manifestly requires a different interpretation, when used in this article or in any ... 371‑A
Procedure 371‑B
Citizen review panels 372
Records and reports 372‑B
Adoption services 372‑C
Putative father registry 372‑D
Adoption services 372‑E
Adoption applications 372‑F
Statewide adoption service 372‑G
Abandoned infant protection program 372‑H
Reporting on post adoption services 373
Religious faith 373‑A
Medical histories 374
Authority to place out or board out children 374‑A
Interstate compact on the placement of children 374‑B
Authority to operate agency boarding home 374‑C
Authority to operate group homes 374‑D
Authority to operate public institutions for children 374‑E
Authority to place out or board out children with therapeutic foster parents 374‑F
Authority to enter into leases for dwelling units 375
Requirement of certificate or license to board children 376
Certificate to board children and/or minors under age of eighteen years 377
License to board children 378
Form, duration and limitation of certificates and licenses 378‑A
Access to conviction records by authorized agencies 379
Revocation of certificates and licenses 380
Boarding and free homes 381
Maternity homes 382
Responsibility for children without state residence 383
Care and custody of children 383‑A
Immunity from liability for application of the reasonable and prudent parent standard 383‑B
Medical treatment for abused, neglected and destitute children 383‑C
Guardianship and custody of children in foster care 384
Guardianship and custody of children not in foster care 384‑A
Transfer of care and custody of children 384‑B
Guardianship and custody of destitute or dependent children 384‑C
Notice in certain proceedings to fathers of children born out-of-wedlock 385
Orders 386
Visitation 387
Ineligibility for public foster care funds 388
Special charters 389
Penalty for violations 390
Child day care 390‑A
Standards and training for child day care 390‑B
Criminal history review and background clearances of child care providers, generally 390‑C
Notice of pesticide applications 390‑C*2
Additional powers and duties of the office of children and family services 390‑D
Requiring barriers to be placed around swimming pools and bodies of water on the grounds of family day care homes or group family day car... 390‑E
Criminal history review 390‑F
Report on child care insurance 390‑G
Pesticide alternatives 390‑H
Notice requirement before closing certain day care centers 390‑I
Notice of inspection report 390‑J
Performance summary card in a city having a population of one million or more 390‑K
Child care availability taskforce 390‑L
Securing of furniture 390‑M
Window coverings 391
Violation 392
Services for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers 393
Court review of placement in a qualified residential treatment program 393*2
Consideration of blindness during guardianship, custody or adoption proceedings
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Accessed:
Apr. 27, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 372-E’s source at nysenate​.gov

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